Wikinews Shorts: April 9, 2007
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===Three-year-old New Zealander chokes to death on candy===
[[Image:Bonbons2.jpg|right|150px|Lollies]]
The [[New Zealand]] {{w|New Zealand Police|Police}} has reported that a three-year-old boy choked to death on Saturday afternoon, due to what they believe was a piece of candy at his birthday party.

The parents did call New Zealand's emergency number, {{w|1-1-1}}, after their son alerted his parents to the fact that he was choking. The paramedics were unable to revive the Napier boy when they arrived at the scene.

The case has been referred to a {{w|coroner}}.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://stuff.co.nz/4020601a11.html
|title=Three year old dies after choking on candy
|author=NZPA
|pub=Fairfax New Zealand
|date=April 9, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10433302
|title=Three-year-old birthday boy chokes to death
|author=
|pub=New Zealand Herald
|date=April 9, 2007}}
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===[[Zach Johnson wins 2007 Masters Golf Tournament|Golf: Zach Johnson wins 71st Masters]]===
Relatively unknown {{w|Golf|golfer}} {{w|Zach Johnson}} won the 71st {{w|The Masters Tournament|Masters Tournament}} in {{w|Augusta, Georgia|Augusta}}, [[Georgia (US state)|Georgia]]. Johnson shot 3-under-par 69 in Sunday's fourth round, to win by 2 strokes over {{w|Tiger Woods}}, {{w|Retief Goosen}}, and {{w|Rory Sabbattini}}.

Johnson won a purse worth US$1,305,000 and a lifetime qualification to the Masters Tournament, held annually at the {{w|Augusta National Golf Club}}.

'''Sources'''
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.masters.org/en_US/news/articles/2007-04-08/200704081176072184156.html
|title=Johnson Proves His Mettle In Masters Victory
|author=Vartan Kupelian
|pub=The Masters Tournament
|date=April 9, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2830310
|title=Johnson beats Tiger at his own game
|author=Gene Wojciechowski
|pub=ESPN.com
|date=April 9, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/golf/tournaments/masters/story/10116187
|title=A strange week ends with a green jacket for Johnson
|author=
|pub=CBS Sportsline
|date=April 8, 2007}}
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===New York couple taking taxi to Arizona===
[[Image:NYC Taxicabs.jpg|right|150px|NYC taxicabs]]
A couple living in [[New York City]] have decided to take a taxi all the way to [[Arizona]]. Betty and Bob Matas are retiring and leaving the city for good. What started as joke, has become reality, in part to spare their cats from traveling in a jetliner cargo-hold. They have negotiated a US$3,000 flat fee instead of the metered rate, which was estimated at US$5,000.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/08/taxi.move.ap/index.html
|title=New York couple taking cab to Arizona retirement
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=April 8, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264858,00.html
|title=New York City Couple Hails Cab to Arizona
|author=
|pub=Fox News
|date=April 8, 2007}}
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===Vocational nurse charged with fatal Houston fire===
[[Image:Houston Skyline11.jpg|right|150px|Houston, Texas]]
A vocational nurse working for Dr. John Capriotti, a plastic surgeon, was accused of setting the fire that wounded several and killed three people in Houston, Texas on March 28.  She was allegedly trying to cover up the fact that she hadn't completed the paperwork for an upcoming audit.

The fire began in Dr. Capriotti's office on the fifth floor and quickly spread to the sixth.  Arson investigators from the Houston Fire Department, the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had been working to determine the source of the fire.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4696472.html
|title=Bond set at $330,000 for nurse in fatal fire
|author=Anne Marie Kilday
|pub=Houston Chronicle
|date=April 8, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/040807dntexhoufire.37af4a2.html
|title=Woman afraid of losing job confesses to fatal fire
|author=Associated Press
|pub=The Dallas Morning News
|date=April 8, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/katy/news/4693410.html
|title=Area fire departments evaluate high-rise strategy
|author=Kimberly Pina
|pub=Houston Chronicle
|date=April 6, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/28744.html
|title=3 dead in Houston office building fire
|author=Joe Stinebaker
|pub=Lexington Herald-Leader
|date=March 29, 2007}}
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===Iran starts industrial-scale production of nuclear fuel===
[[Image:Iran nuclear illustration.png|right|150px|Iran's nuclear program]]
[[Iran]] announced that it has started industrial scale production of nuclear fuel involving hundreds of centrifuges. The announcement comes as {{w|President of Iran|President}} [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] reasserts his nation's ''nuclear rights'' in the face of two rounds of sanctions by the [[UN]] [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]], which is seeking a halt to such work.

The [[United States]] denounced the declaration, saying it showed Iran was defying the international community.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSBLA82551420070409?src=040907_1302_TOPSTORY_nuclear_nation
|title=Iran announces "industrial" nuclear fuel work
|author=Parisa Hafezi
|pub=Reuters
|date=April 9, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aixdLnJk0s3A&refer=home
|title=Iran Says Nuclear Enrichment Reaches Industrial Scale
|author=Marc Wolfensberger and Patrick Donahue
|pub=Bloomberg L.P.
|date=April 9, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-24/0704091015194757.htm
|title=President: Iran to generate nuclear power on schedule
|author=
|pub=Islamic Republic News Agency
|date=April 9, 2007}}

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The parents did call New Zealand's emergency number, , after their son alerted his parents to the fact that he was choking. The paramedics were unable to revive the Napier boy when they arrived at the scene.

The case has been referred to a .

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Johnson won a purse worth US$1,305,000 and a lifetime qualification to the Masters Tournament, held annually at the .

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The fire began in Dr. Capriotti's office on the fifth floor and quickly spread to the sixth.  Arson investigators from the Houston Fire Department, the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had been working to determine the source of the fire.

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The United States denounced the declaration, saying it showed Iran was defying the international community.

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